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CBI officials have asked former director of state-run RG Kar Medical and College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh to appear before them for questioning for the third consecutive day as part of their investigation into the rape and murder of a woman doctor. Ghosh, who was questioned for nearly 13 hours on Saturday, from 10 am to after midnight on Sunday, has been asked to appear again this morning as the CBI investigators still have several questions for him, an official of the probe agency said.

The Karnataka Congress will stage a statewide protest against Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's permission to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his alleged role in the MUDA alternate site “scam”. Gehlot on Saturday granted permission to prosecute Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment “scam” based on complaints from three activists, TJ Abraham, Pradeep SP and Snehamayi Krishna.

After several days of wet weather, Shivajinagar recorded 10.1 mm of rainfall till 8.30 pm on Saturday, while Magarpatta region recorded 32 mm of rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Meteorologists have issued a yellow alert for the city for the next 48 hours.

The decision of the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fill 45 posts of secretaries, deputy secretaries and directors in 24 central ministries has triggered a political row. Major opposition parties such as the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have accused the Modi government of plotting to undermine the rights of the marginalised sections of the population.

A 17-year-old boy was killed when the ceiling plaster of an apartment in a four-storey building in Thane district of Maharashtra fell down, police said on Sunday. The incident took place around 8 pm on Saturday at the apartment in Kharivali in Bhiwandi district where a couple lived with their two sons and a daughter.

After the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said that the Jammu and Kashmir Parliament, in its first act after the elections, will pass a resolution against the central government's decision to revoke Article 370. The Modi government revoked Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019. “The Jammu and Kashmir Parliament, in its first act after the elections, will pass a resolution against the central government's decision to strip the region of its statehood and special status,” Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday chaired a meeting of party workers and discussed issues related to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, political affairs and organisation, a day after the Election Commission announced the schedule for the elections.

Healthcare services across West Bengal were disrupted for the 10th consecutive day on Sunday as protesting junior doctors at government hospitals continued their walkout demanding justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Since outpatient departments of government hospitals are closed on Sundays, the crowd was less as senior doctors were in the emergency department to treat patients.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release a commemorative coin worth Rs 100 to mark the 100th death anniversary of late DMK leader M Karunanidhi here on Sunday. Singh will release the 'Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Jubilee Coin' in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, the incumbent DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son, at a function in Chennai.

An Air India flight attendant was allegedly attacked by an intruder at a London hotel earlier this week. The incident took place on Thursday evening at the Radisson Red Hotel at London's Heathrow Airport, the Hindustan Times reported. The attacker has been arrested.

India will benefit from supporting the current interim government in Bangladesh and building relationships with other political parties rather than focusing on one person and party, political analysts and foreign and security policy experts said on Sunday. Following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took office as chief adviser to the interim government on August 8 amid violence and chaos.

Nepal's Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba will visit India for five days starting Sunday to explore opportunities to further enhance bilateral ties, officials said. Deuba is scheduled to hold comprehensive talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday, officials said. The Nepali foreign minister's visit comes a week after Foreign Minister Vikram Misri travelled to Kathmandu.

Former National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Saturday said, “It does not seem that this is the work of a single person,” while speaking about the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. She accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to protect those involved in the incident. “It does not seem that this is the work of a single person; there are others involved whom Mamata Banerjee wants to protect. With the case now with the CBI, a comprehensive investigation will bring to light what she was trying to cover up,” Sharma added.

The AIMPLB has made it clear that it will not turn away from Shariah. Its spokesperson, Dr SQR Ilyas, in a press statement expressed dismay over Prime Minister Modi's announcement to label personal laws based on religion – like Shariah – as communal laws.

According to AIMPLB, Muslims in India have the right to apply the laws of their religion. This is enshrined in the Shariat Application Act, 1937 and the Indian Constitution. Article 25 of the Constitution states that citizens have the fundamental right to profess, propagate and practice their religion and to obey its laws.